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Letters to the editor: New rubbish service will encourage wastefulness
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Jo Raphael: Glo Festival another victim of Covid-19
OPINION: Large events are not worth the risk to some organisers.
Kristin Macfarlane: Children spending days hungry and cold is heartbreaking
OPINION: Children can't thrive if they don't have enough food or warm clothing.
Letters to the editor: Leave rubbish system well enough alone
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Stephanie Worsop: The challenges of decluttering
Comment: Attempts to Marie Kondo my house are proving fruitless.
Bryan Gould: America's democracy is under threat
OPINION: The world will pay the price if the flame of democracy is snuffed out in the US.
Letters: Council's waste collection plan rubbished
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Jo Raphael: Now's the time to get involved
COMMENT: Make the next nineteen days count and learn all you can about your choices.
Rob Rattenbury: Why immigrants are the answer to saving the regions
Rob Rattenbury takes up some sobering reading.
Kristin Macfarlane: 'I was alive but I wasn't living'
Comment: I couldn't even recognise myself anymore but had no idea how to fix that.
Dawn Picken: Decluttering can improve mental health
COMMENT: The case for decluttering: disposing of junk can improve your mental health.
Samantha Motion: Councils must buy local - or change rules so they can
COMMENT: Councils need to realise things are different after Covid-19.
Letters: Mandatory rubbish collection disappointing
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Mark Lister: How small investors can access big commercial property assets
COMMENT: Mark Lister on why commercial property is an important investment class.
Letters to the editor: Who will clean the food scraps bins?
Bay of Plenty readers have their say.
Kiri Gillespie: Vulnerable but brave, Todd Muller I salute you
Muller's journey is a reminder that the impacts of mental health don't discriminate.
Opinion: Women and the young bear brunt of economic 'scarring'
COMMENT: We need to think creatively about how firms might engage with job seekers.
Jo Raphael: We need Aucklanders
COMMENT: Aucklanders need to spend their money in the regions - not just Auckland.
Kristin Macfarlane: There is nothing wrong with cameras in schools
COMMENT: There's nothing wrong with schools having cameras.
Bryan Gould: Hunch is Crusher's not going down well with the public
COMMENT: We have not seen or heard as much from the National leader.
Letters to the editor: Total disbelief in National's promises
Readers share their views.
Comment: In matters of life or death, minutes matter
COMMENT: Return of Rotorua rescue helicopter a no-brainer.
Kristin Macfarlane: Focus on mental health timely in 2020
COMMENT: Increasingly open conversations about wellbeing can only be a good thing.
Samantha Motion: Why we should ditch the boring election hoardings
COMMENT: Back your future. Protect your future. Change your future. Ditch the signs!
Celebrating success at business awards a 'beacon of confidence'
This year's Westpac Business Awards will be on November 13, 2020.
Stephanie Worsop: Social media and the guilty parent
COMMENT: When picture-perfect 'mummy influencers' make you question your own abilities.
Jo Raphael: Now's not the time to relax
COMMENT: Covid is a nasty, tricky virus that we still don't know enough about.
Rob Rattenbury: Covid-19 here to stay
COMMENT: Most people accept our world has changed and we will adjust to the new normal.
Dawn Picken: How the pandemic is worsening the wealth divide
Covid-19 is shining a spotlight on wealth inequality
Review: Curtains finally open on Blues Brothers First Contact
The Blues Brothers First Contact runs from September 18 to October 3
Stephanie Worsop: The perils of social media when you get it wrong
Comment: Social media is a harsh place where your stock can rise and fall in an instant.
Letters to the editor: How will the Māori ward actually work?
OPINION: Bay of Plenty readers have their say.